[OpenLayers-Dev] Updating vector layers while dragging

[Phil Gyford]

Thanks for this information Ivan and Andreas - sounds like it's beyond
the scope of my current project. I hoped it might be simply a case of
having the redrawing happen more frequently than when the dragging
stopped, but it seems like it's a more fundamental change.


On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Ivan Grcic <igrcic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i think the right way to go would be to use grid strategy:
>
> http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/vector-behavior/examples/strategy-grid.html
>
> Unfortunetely I think there should be some work done on it still (i
> dont know the current state of it, maybe somebody else knows more)
> http://openlayers.org/pipermail/dev/2009-February/004479.html
>
> Cheers
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Andreas Hocevar <ahocevar at opengeo.org> wrote:
>> Hey-
>>
>> what you want would require a redesign of how vector layers are drawn.
>> Right now, only the visible area is drawn. So if you pan the map, you
>> will see nothing. To make this work in a different way, the vector layer
>> would need a ratio option like the grid layer, to support a larger
>> drawing pane. This change is not trivial, but doable.
>>
>> Having said that, I agree that this would be nice to have, but would
>> require either funding or somebody willing to get their hands dirty.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andreas.
>>
>> Phil Gyford wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently built a site that uses OpenLayers
>>> (http://www.e4.com/misfits/ - click the 'Play' button). At the moment
>>> the vector layers only update after the user has finished dragging or
>>> panning the "map" which, I realise from the FAQ, is by design.
>>>
>>> Even so, I'd like to experiment with having the layers redraw while
>>> the map is being moved, to avoid the clickable images being
>>> "invisible" until the move has completed. The images (the objects in
>>> the draggable photo with red marks around them) are Vector Points with
>>> externalGraphics applied in a StyleMap.
>>>
>>> I've spent some time trying to work out how to try this but I'm
>>> stumped. Can anyone give me a pointer? Maybe I need to add something
>>> to the move() function of OpenLayers.Handler.Drag? Or is it somewhere
>>> else? And, once I've found the correct event, how do I make the images
>>> re-draw?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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